Alpher answers questions on the current wave of political intolerance directed at the left in Israel, and what to do about it.
Continue reading Hard Questions, Tough Answers with Yossi Alpher- February 8, 2010.
Q. A year after Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, how would you assess the ramifications and consequences?
A. Given the limited military, geographic and political nature of last January's Gaza war, the ramifications are surprisingly far-reaching. They cover the extent of deterrence achieved, consequences for future strategies of war-fighting by Israel and others, and of course the international reaction in the realms of war-prevention and diplomacy as well as human rights. And they are a decidedly mixed bag.
Alpher answers questions on Egypt's decision to build an underground wall at the Rafah border, Israel's next steps in the Gilad Shalit negotiations, and Labor MK Ophir Pines-Paz's resignation from politics.They say: You keep talking about a "solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But there are problems that simply can't be "solved." The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of them.
3/9 10:40p
A leadership delegation of Americans for Peace Now,on a fact-finding trip to Israel, met today in Jerusalem with... http://bit.ly/dAu0Aa
3/11 7:46a
RT @IsraelNewsfeed: We Will Build on Mt. of Olives: http://bit.ly/bnWkuq
50,000 new units for East Jerusalem - Behind the Headlines (Seidemann/Friedman)
3/11 12:35a
APN leadership delegation meeting in Tel Aviv with opposition Chair Tzipi Livni
APN Leadership Meets with Fayyad, Livni
3/9 7:55a
The new plan that was aproved in East Jerusalem today - 1600 housing units - see http://bit.ly/9a1N7C
3/11 1:36a
APN delegation en route to meet w PA PM Salam Fayyad, met w Israeli opposition head Tzipi Livni this morning.
Arabs and Jews refuse to be enemies